Illustrated-story-display device



Filed June 19, 1925 4 Sheets-Sheet l ATTORNEY.

Aug. 26 1924.

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Aug. 26 1924. 1,506,067

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INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY.

'Patentea Aug. 26,1924.

1,506,067A UNITED STATES PATENT` OFFICE.

, 'rrroiEAs B. LAME, or Naw Yonx, N. Y.

Application med Innere, 1923. serial No. 646,350.

To all whom At may coment.'

Be it known that I, THOMAS B. LAMB, a citizen ofthe United States, and resident of' New York, in the county of New York `and State of New York, have invented av certain new and useful Illustrated-Story- Display Device, of which the following is a speciication, the same bei a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

' This inventionrelates to articles designed for presenting'to view pictures of various characters preferably in connection'with annexed descriptions thereof, and it comprises generally speakin of at least one sheet of suitable material aving at one portion of the same a body portion and a hinged extension of the `same provided with a plurality of pictures depicted' thereon; said pictures preferably being` adapted to be detached therefrom, the `said sheets also ordinarily havingimprinted thereon nursery rimes or popular tales of which the said pictures are illustrations.

Each sheet also has at another side thereof and located at a distance from the picture extension, another extension formed with at least one .opening or aperture at which the pictures may be exhibited seriatum at will, the last named extension being also hinged to the body portion of the sheet and constructed so as to lie at will either parallel with or else to stand at an angle to the said body portion.

The sheet or a part of the same may be of sufciently thick or stiif material to enable the said body portion to serve as a cover to which the said apertured extension may be attached in'Y such a `manner that when the side flaps with which it is provided are folded under the said extension, per se, a pocket may be formed in which the torn off pictures or other articles may be kept, the said pocket being thus folded in a flat relation against the floody portion of the sheet, and in fact thewhole device may be compactly folded together for storage or transportation purposes.

With the above named objects of the invention, and other objects and purposes hereinafter. described, in View, the lnvention consists in the construction, arrangement, combination and operation of parte set forth below, the whole comprising a device simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture and amusing and instructive as well as eiicient in practical use.

In the drawings, illustrative of one embodiment` of the invention, which accompany and form a part of this specification Figure 1 representspa plan view of the invention, the parts being shown in a flat relation;

Figure 2 is a perspective View of the de-` vice when in an unfolded position;

Figure 3 is a sectional view of the parts when assembled;

Figure 4: is an elevation of the invention showing the two folded sides thereof;

Figure 5 is a longitudinal section of the latter;

F' ure 6 is a perspective View illustrating the ormation of the pocket;

Figure 7 is a perspective View showing one picture strip being exhibited and another picture-strip being detached;

Figure 8 is ya plan view of massed pictures; and

Figure 9 is a plan view of a plurality of picture strips attached together.

Referring more 1n detail to the drawings,

in Figure 1 thereference numeral 1 denotes the body portion of my device comprising a sheet lying in a flatV relation, the same having an extension 2, hinged to one side thereof at 12, on which is depicted a number of pictures or designs and which also displays reading matter explanatory of the said pictures as indicated at 4. This extension may also be folded on the line 11 thus comprising a dual or plural conformation.

To another side of the body portion l, as-

at 5, is hinged another extension 6 having side Haps 7 and 8 hinged to thev same at 13 and 14, the extension proper being apertured as at 9 which parts may be folded together on the lines 5, 11 and 12., In Figures 2 and 7 the extension 6 andside flaps are shown as unfolded so as to stand at a right angle to the body portion l.

The extension J6 and side liaps 7 and 8 when folded together as shown in Figures- 4 and 5 serve to'provide a pocket-the operation of the parts being indicated in Figure -in` order to contain and form a re- Figures 3 and 9. If preferred the pictures may be massed together as illustrated in Figure 8, in which ycase an explanatory legend 4 is ordinarily inserted directly below each row of thel same.

The extension 2 may consist of aV plurality of pages folded together as illustrated in Figures 2 and 3, or the inner edges of the samemay be attached wgether similar to the leaves of a book as shown inL Figure 7', in either case each page or partof said extension may display on one or both sides thereof a plurality of pictures and explanatory matter thereof. In such instances of the embodiment of the invent-ion the body portion l may serve as a cover for the folded extensions.

If desired, the strips of pictures may be detached from the pages containing the explanatory matter and the ends of the said strips pasted together so as to form a long strip as indicated in Figure 9.

I Wish it to be understood that I do not desire to be limited to the particular use or the exact details of construction shown and described, for obvious modifications Will occur to persons skilled in the art.

l/Vhat' I claim as my invention is l. In a device of the class described, a sheet of material comprising a body portion having an extension lcomprising a plurality of pages hinged to one side of the same, said extension having a plurality of pictures depicted thereon together with explanatory matter thereof, said body portion also hav ing hinged to another side of the same another extension apertured to permit said pictures to he shown thereat, the last named extension having iaps hinged to the same.

2. In` a device of the class described, a sheet of material comprising a body portion having an extension hinged to one side of the same, said extension having a plurality of pictures depicted thereon together with explanatory matter thereof, said body portion also having hinged to another side of the same another extension apertured to permit said pictures to be shown thereat at will, the last named extension having flaps hinged to the same, both of said extensions being adapted to be folded over the said body portionn 3. In a device of the class described, a

sheet of material comprising a body portionhaving an extension hinged to one side of the same, said extension having a plurality of pictures depicted thereon together with explanatory matter thereof, said body portion also having hinged to another side -of the same another extension apertured to permit said pictures to be shown thereat at Will, the last named extension having aps hinged to the same, both of said extensions beingadapted to be folded over the said body portion, the apertured extension and side iiaps When folded serving to form a pocket.,

4. In a device of the class described, a sheet of material comprising a body portion and an extension thereof having depicted thereon pictures and explanatory matter thereof, and another extension apertured to permit the pictures to be shown thereat at will, the Whole being adapted to be folded in parallel relation, the apertured extension having iiaps whereby the same may stand at an angle to the body portion When unfolded.

5. In a device of the class described, a sheet of material comprising a body portion and an extension thereof having depicted thereon pictures and explanatory matter thereof, and another extension apertured to permit the pictures` to be shown thereat at will, the Whole being adapted to bel folded in parallel relation, the apertured extension having flaps whereby the saine may stand at an angle to the body portion When unfolded, and When folded together to form a pocket.

6. In a device of the class described, a

' sheet of material comprising a body portion having an extension hinged to one side of the same, said extension having a plurality of pictures depicted thereon together With explanatory matter thereof, said body portion also having hinged to another side of the same another extension apertured to permit said pictures to be shown thereat at will, the last named extension having flaps hinged to the same, both of said extensions beingv adapted to be folded over the said body portion, the latter being in'such case adapted to serve as a cover.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York this 8th day of June, A. D. 1923.

THOMAS B. LAMB. 

